London universities ranked best in world
London has more universities in the top 100 universities than any other city in the world, according to the 2009 Times Higher Education – QS World University Rankings.
University College London was ranked 4th in the world, rising 3 places since last year and an incredible 30 places since 2004. The college is now ranked higher than Oxford University, which is ranked joint 5th together with another of London’s universities, Imperial College London.
Other notable entries in the top 100 include King’s College London at number 23 and the London School Economics (LSE) at number 67.
The Times Higher Education – QS World University Rankings measure universities using a number of criteria including academic peer review, employer review, the faculty staff to student ratio, citations per faculty and the proportion of international students and international staff at each university.
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